Sept. 28– Damages from the Valley fire will total $30 million to $35 million for Calpine Corp. energy production operations at The Geysers geothermal complex, the company announced Monday. Calpine expects its unmet obligations for electricity delivery will be excused until repairs are completed by reason of “force majeure,” a contract clause that typically…
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The Insurance Department will assist in finding those policies so consumers can file claims and collect benefits. In many instances, the Insurance Department can help search for these policies if they are lost. ” With this information, the Insurance Department can contact the company and determine whether a policy does exist for a given individual.
EVENT: Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services holds a meeting on enhancing the effectiveness of consumer education strategies concerning the Health Insurance Marketplace, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program. LOCATION: HHS, 200 Independence Avenue SW, Room 738 G, Conference Room, Washington,…
EVENT: The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America holds a briefing on “Natural Disasters: Preparedness, Response and Recovery,” on how consumers can prepare for natural disasters and the role the property casualty insurance industry. PARTICIPANTS: Patty Templeton-Jones, executive vice president of Wright National Flood Insurance Company; Mike…
Petplan has once again earned top-dog recognition from a national veterinary group: The Veterinary Cooperative. In addition to information about Petplan's coverage and policy offerings, member practices will also receive fun, informative pet health content written by Petplan veterinarians for their websites and newsletters. As a TVC recommended…
Sept. 28– James H. Speed Jr., the long-time president and CEO of N.C. Mutual Life Insurance, is retiring at the end of the year. The Durham- based company, the nation's oldest and largest black-owned insurer, announced Speed's pending retirement on Monday and said he would be succeeded by Michael L. Lawrence, who joined the company in 2012 and is senior vice president,…
Hub International Limited, a leading global insurance brokerage, announced today that Carla Moradi has joined the company as Executive Vice President of Operations and Technology. Carla Moradi joins HUB International as Executive Vice President, Operations and Technology. Moradi holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance from the A.B. Freeman…
Sept. 28– The tofu business became a way of life for Dennis and Dulcie Honda. Their Wahiawa establishment on Mango Street stirs up memories of the days that Dennis Honda's father, Haruo, ran Honda Tofu and delivered blocks of the staple to neighbors in his yellow Jeep. An old-fashioned boiler still sits behind the factory past a long driveway and garden that is cared…
Taking a look at the 2016 Medicare premiums. What are the cost variables for the 2016 Medicare Part D drug plans such as premiums, deductibles, gap, etc.? Some Medicare Part D drug plans will not impose a deductible.
THERACLION, a company specialized in leading-edge medical equipment for echotherapy, announces today that the treatment of thyroid nodules with Theraclion’ s Echopulse technology will now be reimbursed by one of Germany’ s leading insurance companies. In Germany, approximately 100,000 thyroid surgeries and 50,000 thyroid radioiodine procedures are…
Sept. 25– A Madison man was arrested for operating while intoxicated, fourth offense, following a car-motorcycle crash on the East Side Thursday afternoon, Madison police are reporting. Joseph D. Deang, 52, was also arrested for operating while revoked, failure to have insurance and failure to yield from a stop sign after witnesses told police that they saw a car…
Shortly after Landry was elected to the Board of Selectmen in March, Kerry Costello, president of the AEA, went before the Board of Selectmen and asked that the state Ethics Commission issue a ruling on whether Landry, a health insurance broker, should be allowed to negotiate health insurance contracts. The state Ethics Commission said he could.
According to a January 2015 Gallup poll, 80 percent of baby boomers in their 50 s are in the workforce; 50 percent of boomers in their 60 s are in the workforce; and 30 percent of boomers ages 67 to 68 are working. Individuals thinking about returning to the workforce after retiring need to learn how Social Security benefits, health insurance, and taxes will be…
Hamilton Insurance Group, the Bermuda- based holding company for insurance and reinsurance operations in Bermuda, the U.S. and at Lloyd’ s, announced today that Vanessa Hardy Pickering has been promoted to the position of Chief Financial Officer of Hamilton Re, the company’ s Bermuda- based Class IV reinsurer. “Vanessa has played a pivotal role in the development of…
The planned mergers of several of America's largest health insurers- Aetna combining with Humana, and Anthem with Cigna- is almost certain to be good for the insurers, reducing overhead and improving their bargaining position as they attempt to negotiate better rates with providers. But what's in it for you and me? Aetna estimates, for example, that its merger…
WeiserMazars LLP, a leading accounting, tax, and advisory services firm is pleased to announce that effective September 1, 2015, Richard Bloom, Dennis Cancellarich, Ira Cooperman, Jerome Devillers, Pierre-Marie Lagnaud, George Parker and Anthony Stranix were named Equity Partners and Debra Bornstein was named Equity Principal. “WeiserMazars continues to…
To help remedy this, Tufts Health Plan created a new tool for providers that accurately determines a patient’ s co-pay in real time and based on their specific plan information. “This tool has been extremely helpful in helping us manage patients as they enter the door,” said Sabrina Latimore from Mount Auburn Hospital. Latimore manages the Pre-Admission Review…
WINDSOR, Conn., Sept. 28, 2015/ PRNewswire/– Voya Financial, Inc. announced today that it is offering customers a new index crediting strategy within the company's Voya Secure Index series and Retirement Index Select fixed index annuity product lines. “Given the historically low interest rate environment and low cap rates on many fixed index annuities, investors…
United Insurance Holdings Corp., a property and casualty insurance holding company, announced today that it has entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with Interboro, LLC to acquire Interboro Insurance Company, a New York- domiciled property and casualty insurer authorized in New York, South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, and Washington, D.C..
